[Tutor] Edit a Word document programmatically CORRECTION Open not open

[URBAN LANDREMAN]

Thanks for the suggestion.

When I ran the slightly modified code:
import win32com.client
app = win32com.client.Dispatch('Word.Application')
docOrig = app.Documents.Open('n:\\MetroPlanners\\2006\\MCHResearchProject.doc')
range = docOrig.Content()
range.Find.Text = "e"
range.Find.Replacement.Text = "*"
range.Find.Execute()
docEditted = doc
docEditted.SaveAs('n:\\MetroPlanners\\2006\\MCHResearchProjectV2.doc')
app.Quit()


I got:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "N:/SPSS/Python/Examples/MSWord/WordFindAndReplaceV2", line 5, in <module>
    range.Find.Text = "e"
AttributeError: 'unicode' object has no attribute 'Find'

For what it's worth, I'm running Python 2.5.2

Urban

Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:32:03 -0400
From: bgailer at gmail.com
To: bcl at brianlane.com
CC: tutor at python.org
Subject: Re: [Tutor] Edit a Word document programmatically CORRECTION Open not open






  


bob gailer wrote:

  
Brian C. Lane wrote:
  
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URBAN LANDREMAN wrote:
  
    
      Good morning,

I'm trying to write some Python code to programmatically do a Find and
Replace of a string within a Microsoft Word document.
Any suggestions on where I could look to find how to do such a function?

    
    
    Take a look at the win32com module. Here's a chapter on it from O'Reilly

http://oreilly.com/catalog/pythonwin32/chapter/ch12.html#49339
  
  
  

That chapter does not really address your question in a simple and
helpful way. Chapter 10 does. Not available online

  

You need some way to run Word from Python and then tell it what to do.

  

pywin32 gives you the tools to run Word. Download it from
  http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=78018.

  

import win32com.client

word = win32com.dispatch('word.application')

  

Now you have a COM connection to Word and can invoke the equivalent of
Visual Basic for Applications to manipulate the Word Document Object
Model. O'Reilly Learning Word Programming gives all the gory details.
Unfortunately for me I don't have Word installed at the moment so I
can't give you tested code.

  

doc = word.Documents.Open("c:\\test.doc") # provide path to your
document instead,

range = doc.Content()

range.Find.Text = "text to replace"

range.Find.Replacement.Text = "replacement text"

range.Find.Execute()

doc.Save()

  

Give that a try. Let me know what happens. Reply to the list not just
me.

  

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Bob Gailer
Chapel Hill NC 
919-636-4239

When we take the time to be aware of our feelings and 
needs we have more satisfying interatctions with others.

Nonviolent Communication provides tools for this awareness.

As a coach and trainer I can assist you in learning this process.

What is YOUR biggest relationship challenge?



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